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Graduate Ceremony

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CONTENTS

This program is for ceremonial purposes only and is not to be considered an official confirmation of degree information. It contains only those details available at the publication deadline.

History of Northeastern University 3

Program 6

Graduation Speaker 8

Degrees in Course 9

University Officers 20

Members of the Board of Trustees, Trustees Emeriti, 20 Honorary Trustees, and Corporators Emeriti

Program Notes 24

Alma Mater 25

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A UNIVERSIT Y ENGAGED WITH THE WORLD THE HISTORY OF NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYNortheastern University has used its leadership in experiential learning to create a vibrant new model of academic excellence. But like most great institutions of higher learning, Northeastern had modest origins.

At the end of the nineteenth century, immigrants and first-generation Americans constituted more than half of Boston’s population. Chief among the city’s institutions committed to helping these people improve their lives was the Boston YMCA. The YMCA became a place where young men gathered to hear lectures on literature, history, music, and other subjects considered essential to intellectual growth.

In response to the enthusiastic demand for these lectures, the directors of the YMCA organized the “Evening Institute for Young Men” in May 1896. Frank Palmer Speare, a well-known teacher and high-school principal with considerable experience in the public schools, was hired as the institute’s director. Two years later, under Speare’s direction, the YMCA advertised the creation of the “Department of Law of the Boston YMCA,” and on October 3, 1898, Robert Gray Dodge taught the first class. The program, an immediate success, marked the birth of Northeastern University. Speare would later remark, “We started with an eraser and two sticks of chalk.”

When demand for other courses grew, Speare moved to add more programs, and in 1909 the day colleges began instruction. That same year, the Evening Polytechnic School announced “cooperative engineering courses,” in which students would have an opportunity to apply classroom knowledge in the workplace—the beginning of Northeastern’s signature cooperative education program.

Decades of expansion The school continued to grow and required more space. In 1922, the College of Business was founded. The university purchased the former home of the Boston Red Sox in 1929, and in 1934 the Boston architectural firm Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson, and Abbott was awarded the contract to design Richards Hall. Using what was to become the campus signature—white brick—Shepley, Bulfinch presented plans for a neoclassical building. Opened in 1938, Richards Hall was the first building to appear on the front quadrangle.

As the campus grew, so did Northeastern’s programs. In 1935, the College of Liberal Arts was added, signaling that Northeastern was on its way to becoming a major university.

When Speare stepped down as president in 1940, he was replaced by Carl Stephens Ell, dean of the College of Engineering. It was under Ell’s leadership that Northeastern first admitted women to full-time day programs.

In the postwar world, Northeastern, like its sister institutions, saw a phenomenal increase in the number of people attending college. The university expanded its programs to accommodate this growing population of increasingly diverse students. In rapid succession, additional programs and colleges were established: College of Education, 1953; University College, 1960; College of Pharmacy, 1962; College of Nursing, 1964; Boston Bouvé College, 1964; College of Criminal Justice, 1967; and College of Computer Science, 1982.

This expansion of programs brought with it a need for more buildings. When Ell retired as president in 1959, he was succeeded by Asa S. Knowles, who accelerated the university’s growth. Suburban properties in Weston, Nahant, and Burlington were acquired. The Boston campus blossomed with new buildings, including various undergraduate dormitories designed to accommodate the increasing number of residential students at what had been primarily a commuter campus.

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Transforming the campus When Knowles retired in 1975, he was succeeded by Kenneth G. Ryder, who had begun his career at Northeastern as a member of the history department and had risen through the ranks to become executive vice president before his election as president. Under his leadership, the university expanded and enriched its programs, particularly in the arts and humanities, and continued to improve its facilities. Plans for the Snell Library were finalized during Ryder’s tenure, and the campus was beautified. During these years, Northeastern also deepened its commitment to Boston and its neighborhoods.

In 1989, Ryder stepped down as the fourth president of the university. He was succeeded by John A. Curry, Northeastern’s executive vice president and its first alumnus to become president. With President Curry in charge, the university embarked on a series of ambitious undertakings, including a new science and engineering research center, a state-of-the-art classroom building, a recreation complex, and several new graduate and undergraduate programs.

To support these new ventures, Curry led Northeastern in a successful fundraising campaign. His years of leadership also featured significant restructuring as the university prepared to enter its second century. In June 1996, after four decades of service, Curry retired from Northeastern. To succeed him, the trustees elected Richard M. Freeland as the university’s sixth president.

Elevating experience A distinguished historian and administrator, President Freeland brought to the university a renewed sense of energy and mission. His programs were designed to support his vision of Northeastern as a national research university that would be student-centered, practice-oriented, and urban. Under Freeland’s leadership, the university made progress toward realizing this vision. Northeastern developed the West Campus with architecturally acclaimed residence halls and research and teaching facilities for the health sciences and computer science; added new spaces to enrich student life on campus; and strengthened the university’s experiential learning programs, including cooperative education, research, service learning, and study abroad.

When Freeland stepped down in 2006, he was succeeded by Joseph E. Aoun, an internationally known linguistics scholar. Northeastern’s seventh president came from the University of Southern California, where he served as dean of the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences. President Aoun has developed an academic plan outlining the university’s vision in several areas: experiential learning, global outreach, use-inspired research, urban engagement, and intellectual life. He has greatly expanded global co-op opportunities. He has also aligned the university’s research with three worldwide imperatives— health, security, and sustainability—with a focus on interdisciplinary solutions.

A rising global profile Under Aoun’s leadership, Northeastern started a system of regional campuses designed to be platforms for lifelong learning linked to area economies. The first two campuses opened in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Seattle. Two more campuses followed in 2015, in Silicon Valley and in Toronto. In 2016, he led the development of a new academic plan, Northeastern 2025. The plan is a blueprint for transforming the university into a global university system—featuring networks of learners and innovators—designed to empower people to succeed in this era of unprecedented technological change. Since 2016, the university has taken the first steps toward implementation by expanding the role of the regional campuses to serve as platforms for learning, research, and industry partnerships. Furthering that goal, the university in 2019 opened new locations in San Francisco and Vancouver. Northeastern also acquired a college in London, New College of the Humanities, to offer new learning and research opportunities at both institutions.

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In January 2020, technology entrepreneur David Roux and his wife, Barbara, made an investment in the university to open the Roux Institute in Portland, Maine. It focuses on graduate studies and research in fields such as AI, digital engineering, and advanced life sciences, amplified by industry partnerships. The institute is designed to be a model of how higher education can jumpstart economic development in regions of the country largely bypassed by the innovation economy.

Resilience and momentum Less than two months later, COVID-19 brought the world to a sudden, stunning halt. Campuses around the world emptied and moved online for the rest of the spring. But even as students and faculty grew accustomed to classes on Zoom, Northeastern’s leaders planned for a safe fall reopening. To restart in-person learning safely, the university built a state-of-the-art COVID-19 surveillance testing facility, including a government-certified lab capable of processing more than 5,000 tests per day. It installed cutting-edge online teaching technology in classrooms that seamlessly integrated in-class and remote learners. It reimagined campus life from student clubs to residence halls to dining. And it kept the research enterprise running at its highest capacity. As a result, the university opened on schedule in September and remained open throughout the school year with no COVID-19 outbreaks. All the while, Northeastern maintained its momentum in learning, research, and innovation.

Thanks to the dedication and hard work of our university community, Frank Palmer Speare’s “eraser and two sticks of chalk” have evolved into one of America’s most innovative universities.

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MATTHEWS ARENA , NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSIT Y TEN O’CLOCK

PROGRAM

Presiding

David Madigan Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Processional

Jeffery A. Born Chief Marshal

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Emery Trahan Interim Dean

Student Address

Wenjun Zhang

Recognition of Citation Recipient

Richard A. D’Amore Chair, Board of Trustees

Introduction of Graduation Speaker

Alan S. McKim Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

Graduation Addresses

Venkat Srinivasan, Managing Director, Innospark Ventures

Degrees in Course

Emery Trahan Interim Dean

Conferring of Degrees

David Madigan Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Announcement of Graduates

Kate E. Klepper Associate Dean

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Alumni Greetings

Adam Fazzini

Charge to the Graduates

David Madigan Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Recessional

The audience is requested to remain seated during the recessional.

Music Provided by

Eric Berlin, trumpet John Bottomley, tuba Whitacre Hill, horn Greg Spiridopoulos, trombone Richard Watson, trumpet

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GRADUATION SPEAKER VENKAT SRINIVASANVenkat Srinivasan, the Founder and Managing Director of Innospark Ventures, has worn the shoes of an entrepreneur for most of his career. He brings deep expertise in AI and computational algorithms to the firm, especially computational linguistics, combined with deep functional knowledge in multiple domains including finance and accounting. He has founded several successful AI-led startups, including eCredit (acquired by ICG) and Rage Frameworks (acquired by Genpact). More recently he has founded several double bottom line enterprises - EnglishHelper, KnowYourMeds and Gyan.AI. He was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by The Indus Entrepreneurs [TiE] in 2017.

Srinivasan holds 9 patents, has published over 30 research papers in prestigious peer-reviewed journals, has co-edited two books and is the author of a recently published book titled, The Intelligent Enterprise in the Era of Big Data. Venkat has strongly advocated for and believes in AI led transformation for Good; that successful AI-led transformation will be characterized by explainability, traceability, context awareness and the ability to learn from sparse data environments.

Venkat currently serves as a Vice-Chair of the Board of the American India Foundation.  He also serves on the Board of New Profit, a pioneering venture philanthropy organization.  Venkat is also a Trustee of BUILD and a member of the Dean’s Executive Council at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University.

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DEGREES IN COURSE

Conferral Dates May 7, 2021 August 21, 2021 December 18, 2021

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONKehinde O. Adelani

Mourad Afani

Mavrick Fernandes Afonso

Cameron Kourosh Ahari

Dianne Ajayi

Narsing Rao Akula

Giuliana Clarice Alfinito

Colleen Marie Alie

Christopher Joseph Allen

Brian Philip Allenby

Jay S. Altschuler

Ashley Alves

Dennis Amblo

Amroo Amer

Derek Roy Arrington

Kieran J. Avery

Thomas Backus

Samuel Skinner Bacon

Sully Baez

Shreshth Bajaj

Bonnie A. Baker

Casimir Joseph Banaszek III

Ravikumar Baskaran

Katie Rene Beardsley

Thomas S. Bearor

Steven Douglas Beattie

Magda Alexandra Beltran Roldan

Andrew Robert Bilodeau

Natalie Catharine Bognanno

Marisa Felise Bolewicki

Daniel Robert Bolton

Jasmine Shannon Brawn

Hannah Riane Brower

Ryan John Bruchou

Yoon Byun

Steven Robert Calciano

Julia Caldas Marques Lima

Michelle Calderon

Anthony Calogero Jr.

Mariah Carr

Jeremy Christopher Carter

Jonathan Earl Chambers

Allison Brooke Chase

Amanda Chen

Taylor Jordan Cheria

Chaz Armond Chevalier

Bryan Michael Chin

Austin Henry Chinal

Jennie Chung

Sally Conant

Shaun Anthony Consiglio

Samuel Carter Copeland

Steven R. Corbesero Jr.

Anastasia E. Costa

William Thomas Courtney III

Peter Jeffrey Donovan Covert

Michael Robert Covino

Michael John Craft

Victoria Croft

Stephen Michael Crossman

Laura Marcel Curley

Michael James Curtis

Andrew Mark Dailey

Jillian Daley

Gabrielle Loretta D’Ambrosio

Michael Joseph Darlington

Cameron DeGregorio

Sean Patrick Deviney

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Dominic Anthony DiGioia

Stephanie H. Dolce

Joseph Dora

Jeffrey Marc Dulgarian

Ebonye LaRee Edmonds

Allison A. Ehrhart

Laura Michelle Elsmore

Robert George Faison

Tanya S. Fandino-Leung

Yi-Ching Fang

Andrew E. Farrington

Andrea Marie Felder

Leonardo Firicano

Meaghan Donovan Fitzpatrick

David M. Fletcher

Lauren Louise Forni

Hiroharu Furukawa

Harriett Roxel Aisha Gabbidon

Ryan Patrick Gadsby

Ryan Matthew Gakeler

Yagul Ganendran

Elias Gebremeskel Gebrehiwot

Deejay Roland Gendreau

Shannon M. Germain

Mi Cam Giang Kul

Kristen Giarrusso

Brett Michael Gilbert

Elizabeth J. Gillooly

Landon M. Goldfarb

Nicholas Goldstein

David Gabriel Gonzalez Jr.

Stacy Ilene Gordon

Sara Lauren Greenfield

Navjit Singh Grewal

Anthony R. Guaragno

Emilia M. Guasconi

Vincent Nicholas Gunawan

Suzanne Haeri

Matthew C. Hagerty

Kevin J. Harkess

David P. Hartung

Galen Paul Hench

Bryan Herring

Andrew Roger Hicks

Keith Edmond Higgins

Sharifa Himidan

Suzanne Hishmeh

Stephen McGuire Hunt

Abdirahman M. Hussein

Long Huynh

Rockwell Monroe Jackson

Anjuri Jain

Arun Jain

Deliwe Margaret Lupafya Jalbert

Samanda JV Jean

Jeffrey John Jezierski

Austin Deloss Jones

Matthew Robert Jones

Rafi Walid Kassamani

Mandeep Kaur

Jacob Kearney

Brandon Michael Kelly

Brendan Martin Kelly

Mary Catherine Kerins

Joshua A. Kern

Khuzema A. Khairullah

Annabel Bibanganmba Kiconco

Christopher Hyun Kim

Emily Kingston

Nwachalu Koneski

Ezgi Kosereisoglu

John Preston Kreisher

Oliver Anthony Kwai Ben

Dillon Lanctot

Tam Thi Thanh Le

Wilford Lee

Rachel Catherine Lennon

John J. Lloyd

Shannon Theresa Lonchar

Sanjay Khandurao Lote

Xingyin Lou

Nghi Ly

Mark Steven Maida

Carrie Christina Main

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Erin Marie Maloney

Jeyla Ali Gizi Mammadova

David James Manning

Tyler Joseph Manoukian

Claudia Renee Martinez

David Bohdan Maydoney

Kevin Patrick Sepples McCord

John Joseph McGuinness

Jessica Deborah Messina

John Wright Mich

Glendon Anne Mohan

Christopher Bradley Moore

Rachel Morel

Kevin John Mosher

Robert James Moura

Robert C. Mullin

Patrick Robert Munro

Paul William Murphy

Artin Nazarian

Nicole Jean DeLory Nevulis

Y-Lan Le Nguyen

Annie Seneski O’Connor

Eric-Bailey Olivero

Alexandra Paige Orlando

Joseph O’Sullivan

Gabriel Isaac Pagliere

Robert Martin Panish

Samuel Wooyoung Park

Lauren Rebecca Parker

Dikshil Dilip Patel

Vrunda P. Patel

Brian Lewis Pearson

Michael Christopher Pelletier

John Charles Perkins II

Nathaniel Burke Perkins

Stephen Burke Perkins

Joseph Pesce

Rikki Ann Pierotti

Jessica Lynn Pouliot

Shireen Pourbemani

Timothy Thomas Prior

Justin G. Prosser

Daniel Wade Purchia

Steven Charles Quinn

Kahdeem Anthony Shaqeel Ralph

Joseph M. Ranahan

Brianna Marie Reinsant

Milton Oliveira Reis

Jaqueline Reyna

Joseph Reynolds

Juliette Lisa Reynolds

Brian Charles Rieder

Byron Gerald Rodrigues

Victoria M. Rodriguez

Lauriana Rodriguez Castillo

Joseph W. Sacco

Akshay Sahani

Idayat Olaide Salami

Elizabeth Sally Thomas

Michael Ryan Schreiber

Zachary Farrel Schultz

Emily Caroline Scollard

Katherine Searfoorce

Rupinder Sekhon

Jordan Shafir

Kimberly Shea

Ryan Andrew Shea

Casey Patrick Sheehy

Christopher Neil Sinclair

Andrew Richard Skaggs

Veronica Sage Skolnick

Idriss Slaoui

Guilien Wesley Smith

Connor D. Smith-Subecz

Katrina Danielle Somerville

Salman Akbar Soofi

Virginia A. Sordi

Ali Soroush

Donald Andrew Stadtler Jr.

Jonathan Leon Stanisz

Don Stilwell

Adam P. Stock

Kristen Marie Stotz

Barton Lawrence Strang

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Chondra Straton

Nolan Sweeney

Julie Switkes

Dominique Sheree Sye

Barin Aziz Tayip

Michela Catherine Valente

Annaliza De Chavez Villamin

Christopher Villatoro

Thomas John Villiotte

James Matthew Warren

Erin Michelle Wehlage

Samuel Eliot Wheeler

Rachel Diane Whetstone

Derek W. Whitney

Daniel Wu

Siyu Wu

Shi Yan

Hassan Tarek Yatim

Min Joo Yoon

Adriana Elisa Zegarelli

Erik James Zengel

Tatsiana Zhalniarkevich

Haining Zhang

Wenjun Zhang

Irina Zolotnitskaya

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ACCOUNTING/ MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONHaley Ann Ackert

Dautey Ephraim Akufo

Fidan Aliyeva

Shayne Bowling

Jennifer Burke

Phoenix Amendola Campagnuolo

Fiona Mokeira Congo

William George Cordes

Timothy M. Corn

Jenna Caitlyn Dembner

Maxwell Joseph Farley

Clare Gould Furlong

Conor Liang Chen Harris

Matthew Samuel Herman

Julie Huang

Christoffer Valentin Keane

Christine Kurt

Andrew Kyle Lee

Wesley Mateo Morris

Annemarie R. Moy

Matthew Thomas Naranjo

Connor Sanson O’Keefe

Regina Pinkhasova

Elizabeth May Poore

Alexandra Erin Price

Brent Carl Rasmussen

Francisco Alberto Rodriguez-Tineo

Dean Rosales Jr.

David Frank Rotenberg

Sabastian Luc Sadaka

Zachary Shabman

Maryam Sarah Squillace

Natalie Marie Suess

Samuel C. Swain

Laura Tai

Raliat Abiodun Tiamiyu

John Reynolds Ward

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MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ACCOUNTINGZain Akhtar

Matthew David Bloomer

Emma Katherine Boughton

Matthew Raymond Broll

John Walter Camozzi

Serge Alexis Canepa

JaeHee Chang

Felisa Chau

Wen-Chi Cheng

Tianshu Chu

Nicole Marie D’Amico

Thu Phuong Dang

Miles Keith Egan

Audrey Jean Friedman

Yu Fu

Charlotte Ide Holmes Greenspan

Qianqi Guan

Amanda Pride Guasti-Nugent

Zhiqiang Hao

Katie Elizabeth Harriman

Louisa Mae Harriman

James Matthew Hoffman

John Christopher Jakubik

Connor Cass Jette

Yaqian Jiang

Tou Balint Kan

William James Keeley

John Edward Kelley

Abigail Sawin Kepner

Robert J. Kourafas

Brian Lee

Bora Lole

Owen Gerard McGovern

Jake Henry Mechanic

Kenny Ngamekinda Nzuka

Gabriella Ann Paese Nobile

Nathan Ryan Porelle

Marc Robert Rienas

Alex Joseph Rodolosi

Molly R. Rouder

Nathan Stallone

Sean Francis Sullivan

Brittany Cristina Tessier

Sophie Vu Testa

Nga Hang Thi Thai

William Watson Towse

Brecht Van Buggenhout

Jordan Weisenberg

Emma Nicole Woodman

Jicheng Zhu

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN FINANCE/ MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONYaw Serebour Agyei

Keith Xavier Bentley

Mark William Caprio

John Thomas Caulfield IV

Wenkai Hu

Song Huang

Deirdre Natasha Jennings

Sean Patrick Killeen

Bianca Adele McLaughlin

Nicholas Allen Morrissey

Jeffrey Scott Pinney

John Robert Rich III

Frank J. Sacchetti

Rosa Trovato

Andrew John Weinburger

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MASTER OF SCIENCE IN FINANCEVidita Agarwalla

Mike Akiki

Andrew Thomas Allen

James Michael Becker

Kilian Bendjaballah

Alexander Stephen Chang

BingBing Chen

Jiahang Chen

John Chiantera

Morrisa Alexis Clayman

Pau Anselm Costa

Darshan Pravinbhai Devani

Henry M. Dombrowski

Anderson Moreira Donascimento

Shuwen Feng

Ian Thomas Filaski

Jennifer Dana Flynn

Varun Gandhi

Michael S. Guerard

Shaun P. Hamilton

Nancy Ho

Xilun Hu

Hajar Idouahmane

Niklas Joachim Hendrick Janssen

Yuan Jia

Quan Minh Le

Pudsadee Leelahasilp

Megan Danielle Leesha

Hongjiang Li

Jiarui Li

Ruining Li

Yutong Li

Haoge Liang

Dustin Allen Little

Yu Lu

Peirou Lyu

Samuel I. Maman

Nidhi Mehta

Pranay Manojkumar Mehta

Lisa Meyer

Mia Linda Mothersill

Ethan R. Mulvey

Sayali Amal Mulye

William Ashby Nalls

Phuong Thi Anh Nguyen

Joanna Ajirioghene Oghoore

Rita Jean Oldham

Kavan Digish Pandit

Parth Patel

Minh Khoi Pham

Yaning Qu

Zikai Quan

Rohit Vivek Sawkar

Heidy S. Senzano

Nicolas Carafotes Serpa

Monthana Sombutvorakul

Yuntao Sun

Prasun Surana

Christina Rui Tahara

Xiaoling Teng

Pooja Thakur

Benyu Tian

Hieu Trung Tran

Abhishek Tripathi

Harrison James Ustik

Alvaro Valverde

Haoxu Wang

Xin Wang

Wenyi Wei

Yimeng Xu

Shakti Yadav

Dengyu Yang

Shang Yang

Tianshu Ye

Genghui Zhang

Jiatong Zhang

Ze Zhang

Ming Zhou

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MASTER OF SCIENCE IN TAXATIONStefania Nikolaeva Bogoeva

Shelly-Ann Natasha Eweka

Adam J. Fraser

Diana Maria Herrera Soto

Michael Richard Kelley

Jacqueline Nicole Lourenco

Dounia Rahma Metouri

Johnathan Perks

Thomas Michael Shea

Kevin Swierc

Stephen Michael Tammaro

Nicole Yaksitch

Dimitria Yeannakopoulos

MASTER OF SCIENCETamara Al-HomsiInternational Management

Kirsten Rae ArnoldBusiness Analytics

Ernest Kwabena AttafuahInternational Management

Sean Cornell BennettInnovation

Delante Lee BessInnovation

Gabriela BessInnovation

Elliott John BlackInnovation

Aidan Devikrishna BrameBusiness Analytics

Christopher S. BucchianeriBusiness Analytics

Juan Francisco CadavidBusiness Analytics

Xinlin CaiBusiness Analytics

Taylor Yvonne CampbellBusiness Analytics

Flavio CarratuTechnological Entrepreneurship

Stephanie ChanBusiness Analytics

Julie Hug ChasseBusiness Analytics

Qixin ChenBusiness Analytics

Zhibin ChenBusiness Analytics

Ziying ChenBusiness Analytics

Mongkolmonika ChhivBusiness Analytics

Lisa Marie CollaudInnovation

Johnathan ConleyBusiness Analytics

John M. DaigneaultInnovation

Daniela De AguiarBusiness Analytics

Sascha DemmerleBusiness Analytics

Ramandip Kaur DhariwalBusiness Analytics

Yihua DingBusiness Analytics

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Yanwen DongBusiness Analytics

Shiyu DuBusiness Analytics

Nicole Lisa Duff DeSantisInnovation

Christopher Philip DunniganBusiness Analytics

Zinaida DvoskinaBusiness Analytics

Dante EgidioBusiness Analytics

Jad ElrezBusiness Analytics

Shannon O’Neill FaheyBusiness Analytics

Ling FangBusiness Analytics

Fei FeiBusiness Analytics

Aaron James FitzgeraldInnovation

Ryan Robert FlemingInnovation

Qinfeng GaoBusiness Analytics

Anshuman GhoshInnovation

Gehan GuoBusiness Analytics

Wentao GuoBusiness Analytics

Xin GuoBusiness Analytics

Girik GuptaBusiness Analytics

Peitong HanBusiness Analytics

Xiaowei HanBusiness Analytics

Vivienne HarrisBusiness Analytics

Tristen Erved HerbertInternational Management

Pauline Martha HickeyBusiness Analytics

Charles Joseph Houston IVBusiness Analytics

David Kelechi IgbokweBusiness Analytics

Kirill IlinBusiness Analytics

Sneha JhaBusiness Analytics

Zhi JiBusiness Analytics

Fuzhou JiaBusiness Analytics

Alexa Lea JohnsonBusiness Analytics

Elijah William JordanBusiness Analytics

Brooke Ashley KeeneyBusiness Analytics

Mariane Hae-Joong KimBusiness Analytics

Minwoo KimInternational Management

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Naren Viswanath KolliInnovation

Agraj KulshresthaBusiness Analytics

Mannat Kaur LambaBusiness Analytics

Phuong My LeBusiness Analytics

Tram Nguyen Mai LeBusiness Analytics

Marcus Julian LeJayInnovation

Keith Robert LetourneauBusiness Analytics

Derek LewisInnovation

Ruowen LiBusiness Analytics

Yurui LiBusiness Analytics

Zhixuan LiBusiness Analytics

Ying LiuInternational Management

Alaina Rose LongoInnovation

Wan LuBusiness Analytics

Xinglin LuBusiness Analytics

Anni MaBusiness Analytics

Lele MaBusiness Analytics

Ardalan MahdaviehBusiness Analytics

Gregory Peter MarinosBusiness Analytics

Michael John McCarthyInnovation

Michael S. McCathrenInnovation

Paige McDonaldBusiness Analytics

David A. MelnickBusiness Analytics

Camila Alejandra Morocho SagbayInnovation

Juan Carlos MunizBusiness Analytics

Eric Richard NewellBusiness Analytics

Elyse Lauren NewmanInnovation

Tiffany NguyenBusiness Analytics

Rio Nkinzi-NamaraBusiness Analytics

Huangan PanBusiness Analytics

Yingjiang PanBusiness Analytics

Farrah M. PattersonInnovation

Jeremy Carl PerkinsInnovation

Linh Thi Thuy PhanBusiness Analytics

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Sthefano Montini PiassaInternational Management

Preethi PodduturiInnovation

Matthew William PrzygodaInnovation

Jack Jianhao QuBusiness Analytics

Sofia K. Rojo del BustoBusiness Analytics

Maria Cristina RuscitoBusiness Analytics

Debolina SasmalBusiness Analytics

Warren J. SatchellInnovation

Yuqing ShangBusiness Analytics

Suqiang SongBusiness Analytics

Brian Michael SpathBusiness Analytics

Kyle Jon St. GermainBusiness Analytics

Benjamin Tyler StanleyInnovation

Jason Cedric StrongBusiness Analytics

Minghao SuBusiness Analytics

Jeremy Andrew SwireBusiness Analytics

Lichang TanBusiness Analytics

Qinyue TangBusiness Analytics

Sujia TangBusiness Analytics

Austin TardelliBusiness Analytics

Samuel R. TherrienBusiness Analytics

Raphael T. TshamalaInnovation

Eswar Prakash VadakapurapuInnovation

Nicole Elizabeth VaughnInnovation

Haripriya VemulapatiBusiness Analytics

Enoska J. VenturaBusiness Analytics

Jimena Villarreal HinojosaInternational Management

Chenxi WangBusiness Analytics

Chuqiao WangBusiness Analytics

Qianwo WangBusiness Analytics

Tianyi WangBusiness Analytics

Yuanheng WangBusiness Analytics

Zhenhao WangBusiness Analytics

Liming WeiBusiness Analytics

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Zhen WeiBusiness Analytics

Kadian Felicia WrightBusiness Analytics

Zhonghui WuBusiness Analytics

Jie XiangBusiness Analytics

Jing XiaoBusiness Analytics

Shuoyuan XuBusiness Analytics

Jiajun YangBusiness Analytics

Lihuilin YangBusiness Analytics

Yiwen YangBusiness Analytics

Zhuoying YangBusiness Analytics

Cindy Ye FungBusiness Analytics

Kelly Sachi YokoiInternational Management

Dongdong YouBusiness Analytics

Spencer Brandan YoungBusiness Analytics

Lin YuanBusiness Analytics

Joseph Andrew ZavalzaInnovation

Ivan Andres ZepedaBusiness Analytics

Zhuoqun ZhanBusiness Analytics

Angela Shulin ZhangBusiness Analytics

Weihong ZhangBusiness Analytics

Zhengyan ZhangBusiness Analytics

Zhenhui ZhangBusiness Analytics

Fengyi ZhaoBusiness Analytics

Yiming ZhaoBusiness Analytics

Puyang ZhengBusiness Analytics

Hongzheng ZhongBusiness Analytics

Siyu ZhouBusiness Analytics

Xuwen ZhuBusiness Analytics

Leila A. ZuaiterBusiness Analytics

This program is for ceremonial purposes only and is not to be considered an official confirmation of degree information. It

reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.

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UNIVERSITY OFFICERSJoseph E. Aoun, PresidentDavid Madigan, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic AffairsMichael Armini, Senior Vice President for External AffairsKenneth W. Henderson, Chancellor and Senior Vice President for LearningDiane N. MacGillivray, Senior Vice President for University AdvancementRalph C. Martin II, Senior Vice President and General CounselThomas Nedell, Senior Vice President for Finance and Treasurer

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TRUSTEES EMERITI, HONORARY TRUSTEES, AND CORPORATORS EMERITI 2021–2022

Richard A. D’Amore, Chair

Edward G. Galante, Vice Chair

Alan S. McKim, Vice Chair

Officers Emeritae/i

Neal F. Finnegan, Chair Emeritus

Henry J. Nasella, Chair Emeritus

Sy Sternberg, Chair Emeritus

George D. Behrakis, Vice Chair Emeritus

George W. Chamillard, Vice Chair Emeritus

Richard P. Chapman, Vice Chair Emeritus

H. Patricia Hanna, Vice Chair Emerita

Robert C. Marini, Vice Chair Emeritus

Katherine S. McHugh, Vice Chair Emerita

Richard C. Ockerbloom, Vice Chair Emeritus

Carole J. Shapazian, Vice Chair Emerita

Jean C. Tempel, Vice Chair Emerita

Alan D. Tobin, Vice Chair Emeritus

Members of the Board of Trustees

Jeffrey S. Bornstein

Subodh M. Chanrai

Jeffrey J. Clarke

William J. Conley

Richard A. D’Amore

Susan S. Deitch

Deborah Dunsire

Spencer T. Fung

Edward G. Galante

Sir Lucian Grainge

David L. House

Frances N. Janis

Chaitanya Kanojia

Amin J. Khoury

Venetia G. Kontogouris

William A. Lowell

Todd M. Manganaro

Alan S. McKim  

Anita Nassar

James J. Pallotta

John V. Pulichino

Marcy L. Reed

Winslow Sargeant

Jeannine P. Sargent

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Ronald L. Sargent

Maha Shair

Melina Travlos

Jean-Pascal Tricoire

Joseph M. Tucci

Christopher A. Viehbacher

Christophe P. Weber

Michael J. Zamkow

Ex-Officio

Joseph E. Aoun

Trustees Emeriti

Barbara C. Alleyne

George D. Behrakis

Margot Botsford

Frederick Brodsky

Frederick L. Brown

Peter B. Cameron

George W. Chamillard

Richard P. Chapman, Jr.

William J. Cotter

John J. Cullinane

Harry T. Daniels

Edmond J. English

Neal F. Finnegan

W. Kevin Fitzgerald

H. Patricia Hanna

Arnold S. Hiatt

William S. Howard

J. Philip Johnston

Richard G. Lesser

Diane H. Lupean

Anthony R. Manganaro

Robert C. Marini

Roger M. Marino

Katherine S. McHugh

Lloyd J. Mullin

Henry J. Nasella

Kathryn M. Nicholson

Richard C. Ockerbloom

Arthur A. Pappas

Ronald L. Rossetti

Carole J. Shapazian

Robert J. Shillman

Janet M. Smith

Sy Sternberg

Stephen J. Sweeney

Jean C. Tempel

Alan D. Tobin

Catherine A. White

Arthur W. Zafiropoulo

Ellen M. Zane

Honorary Trustees

Scott M. Black

Charles K. Gifford

Kuntoro Mangkusubroto

Lucille R. Zanghi

Corporators Emeriti

Salah Al Wazzan

Quincy L. Allen

Samuel Altschuler

Tarek Yousef As’ad

Robert J. Awkward

Vincent F. Barletta

Richard L. Bready

John F. Burke Jr.

William P. Casey

Lawrence G. Cetrulo

Nassib G. Chamoun

William D. Chin

Steven J. Cody

Daniel T. Condon

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Timothy J. Connelly

Joseph J. Cronin Jr.

Robert L. Culver

Edward G. Culverwell

Richard J. DeAgazio

Kevin A. DeNuccio

Robin W. Devereux

Robert E. DiCenso

Priscilla H. Douglas

Adriane J. Dudley

Gary C. Dunton

Michael J. Egan

Douglas M. Epstein

Joseph D. Feaster Jr.

Louise Firth Campbell

Lisa D. Foster

Francis A. Gicca

Gary R. Gregg

Nancy E. B. Haynes

Charles C. Hewitt III

Roderick Ireland

Karen Tay Koh

Mark Alan Krentzman

Joseph C. Lawler III

Mary Kay Leonard

M Benjamin Lipman

George A. MacConnell

Susan Blackston Major

Paul V. McDonough

Thomas P. McDonough

Kathleen McFeeters

Susan A. Morelli

Francis E. Murphy

James Q. Nolan Jr.

Peter J. Ogren

Lawrence A. O’Rourke

Leonard C. Perham

Valerie W. Perlowitz

Steven Picheny

John E. Pritchard

Eugene M. Reppucci Jr.

Rhondella D. Richardson

Patrick A. Rivelli Sr.

David J. Ryan

George P. Sakellaris

Richard A. Schoenfeld

Peter J. Smail

Shelley Stewart Jr.

Gordon O. Thompson

Alexander L. Thorndike

James R. Turner Jr.

Mark L. Vachon

Laurie B. Werner

E. Leo Whitworth Jr.

Donald K. Williams Jr.

Donald L. Williams

Akira Yamamura

Richard R. Yuse

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UNIVERSITY DEANSGregory Abowd, College of Engineering

David Fields, Interim, College of Professional Studies

James R. Hackney, School of Law

Elizabeth Hudson, College of Arts, Media and Design

Alan Mislove, Interim, Khoury College of Computer Sciences

Uta G. Poiger, College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Hazel Sive, College of Science

Carmen Sceppa, Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Emery Trahan, Interim, D’Amore-McKim School of Business

UNIVERSITY MARSHALSJeffery A. Born, Chief Marshal

Stefano Basagni

Christopher Bosso

Luca Caracoglia

Chris Cesario

Martin Dias

Amy Farrell

Charles Fountain

David Kaeli

Dan Kennedy

Jay Mulki

Mary Jo Ondrechen

Mary-Susan Potts-Santone

Heather Streets-Salter

Annemarie Sullivan

Thomas Vicino

Ronald J. Willey

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PROGRAM NOTES HISTORICAL NOTES ON ACADEMIC DRESS

Academic dress appears to have originated at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge more than 600 years ago, and, to this day, the most colorful gowns in the world are those worn at Oxford functions. European institutions show great diversity in their academic costume, since each adopted or initiated its own dress.

In contrast, American colleges and universities follow a single system of academic apparel. In 1894, a group of leading American educators met to draft guidelines on apparel. Known as the Intercollegiate Code, these guidelines were adopted the following year and amended slightly in 1932.

The distinctions set up by the Intercollegiate Code are simple. Gowns for the bachelor’s degree are to be fashioned from “worsted stuff” with a yoke, pleated front, and intricate shirring across the shoulders and back. Worn closed, the bachelor’s gown is distinguished primarily by its long, pointed sleeves. The master’s gown has the same yoke effect and long, crescent-shaped sleeves; it may be worn open or closed.

The doctor’s gown, which may also be worn open or closed, has velvet panels draped around the neck. Three horizontal velvet bars are stitched on full bell-shaped sleeves. This velvet trimming may be black or in the color that indicates the field of study to which the degree refers.

Northeastern University’s distinctive doctoral gown is crimson with black velvet panels and sleeve bars. The crimson cap, or mortarboard, bears a gold metallic tassel. In accordance with academic custom, recipients of the doctor’s degree, members of the university’s governing boards, and government officials in the procession are entitled to wear the official regalia.

The bachelor’s and master’s hoods have a similar shape, while the doctor’s hood has a rounded base. The length of the hood indicates the level of academic achievement, with the doctor’s hood being longest; the width of the border distinguishes the degree, with the doctor’s being widest. The color of the border indicates the field of study; the lining color indicates the institution conferring the degree.

At Northeastern, where only the master’s and doctor’s hoods are worn, a black chevron on a crimson background is used for the lining.

When colors were first assigned to signify a particular field of study, historical associations were retained as much as possible. For example, white, for arts, refers back to the white fur edging of the Oxford hood; red, for theology, to the traditional color of the church; and green, for medicine, to the color of herbs.

The tassel on the mortarboard may be black or in a color that indicates the graduate’s major field of study.

The College Flags used in the commencement ceremonies will be presented to the commencement audience by the class marshal, the highest-ranking student in the college.

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Oh, Alma Mater, here we throng,

And sing your praises strong;

Your children gather far and near

And seek your blessings, dear;

Fair memories we cherish now

And will forevermore.

Come, let us raise our voices strong,

Northeastern, we adore.

ALMA MATER